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Bad mama. Prioritized capturing Obie's first steps on video over his safety. :)

We realized some time back that it would be nice to have some recollection of the the good ol' days when Obie was just starting to talk. So a couple of weeks back we tried to make a list of the words in his arsenal.  They have grown exponentially now, but best to archive...you will see that animals are front and center. 

Obie's first words
February 7, 2012

Gorilla
Up
Down
Milk
More
All done
Bird
Whale
Animal noises - ba, neigh, meow, woof, moo, roar
Baby
Ball
Hippo
Boat
Mouse
Socks
Hat
Snake
Peacock
Monkey
Car
Light
Tree
Water
Open
Shut
Tikka
Max
Bubbie
Papa
Mama
Dada
Banana
Apple
Bear
Duck (first word)
Teacher
Ra ra (Robert)
Obie
Hi
Bye
Fan
Boob
Turtle
Tiger
Owl
Cheese

Fun times in sunny San Diego. Obie was crawling and climbing everywhere. We went to the zoo where his favorite animals were the Lalas (gorillas), and he got to pet a real live goat. We got in lots of beach time, hung out with Yoni, Robbie, Rakeea, and Melila, and even saw Bubbie & Papa. 

One of Obie's favorite things to do these days (in addition of course, to rattling off every animal name he knows), is to climb up onto a bench where his trains/tracks sit. Perched up high, he lords over his trains.

As many of you know, bubbie is Yiddish for grandma and what my mom is being called by Obie. When bubbie was here last week, she taught Obie how to say 'gorilla.' As is clear in this video, Obie retains a lot.